People are strong believers on
something like religion and caste. Once they believe on them, they totally
depend on them. No one wants to change their beliefs. Such believes may be
blind or unacceptable for some. Still the belief on religious teachings, the
presence of God and the existence of caste is in the minds of people of our
society. Such believes are passed on to next generation and subsequent
generations too. In fact, our society is organized in a way on these bases
rather than on a scientific basis.
I used to think, why good education is
unable to change such strong believes which often spoil human relationship at
large. People belong to one religion follow certain way of life with a set of
believes, whereas others follow different ways of life as their religion
orders. Such is the case of belief in God or Gods. All religions advise that
there is only one God. But in reality, we have innumerable Gods in all forms,
shapes and sizes loaded with unbelievable stories. All of us want to believe in
all these Gods and their stories out of sheer fear. If they do not believe in
these Gods, there may be sufferings in life such as ill-health, accidents,
poverty etc. Therefore people wish to worship all Gods by visiting innumerable
temples, churches, mosques and other abodes of Gods. In fact, day by day the
number of Gods and their temples is multiplying as the human population
increases. There is no check on it. It is the will and pleasure of the people
at large.
Caste is another worst factor that
divides our society. Families belong to a particular caste used to live
together as a community. Because of urbanization and modern way of life, people
are compelled to live together forgetting the caste factor to some extent.
Inter-caste marriage is one of the ways to demolish caste system in our
society. Such marriages are also happening here and there. Providing
education and allowing women as an independent individual help to promote
inter-caste marriages. The caste factor plays an important role in periodic
elections of our nation. Candidates are selected by political parties on the
basis of a particular caste so that they can mop up maximum votes from people
who belong to their castes. It is sometimes called as caste-based politics or
simply caste-politics.
Is it possible for anyone to change
such set up? I don’t think so because we have a society built on the strong
foundation of caste and religion. It is very difficult for the time-being to
change the existing system. However we don’t know about the future. Probably
the little change coming in the minds of minors may lead to a casteless and
religion-less society in the future. The future is not nearby. So we will live
with the present mind-set of people who love to belong to a particular caste
and religion. That is today’s reality. Whatever we may say or argue, we have to
accept the reality. Let us do so and live with a system whether we like or do
not like.
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